Change Programme Assurance Manager at NatWest Group · Edinburgh

Change Programme Assurance Manager Location: Edinburgh Join us as a Change Programme Assurance Manager In this influential role, you’ll work with the teams delivering the most important programmes of change within the bank to ensure their successful delivery You’ll challenge and support senior programme leaders – gaining their confidence and contributing to the successful delivery of the programme, its outcomes and its benefits This is an opportunity to build excellent relationships with senior leadership across the bank, giving you and your work great exposure What you'll do As a Change Programme Assurance Manager, you use your expertise and judgement to make sure that programmes are set up for success – while also determining the best remedies to recover programmes under issue or challenge. You’ll build strong working relationships with colleagues – always able to challenge them on their programme status while helping to bring out the required behaviours and techniques for success. You’ll also be: Identifying issues and potential future risks that require escalation to senior leaders in a timely manner Using your prior change delivery experience to help develop remediation plans to existing programme issues, while also mitigating and controlling any delivery risks Using leadership tools and techniques to assure programmes and apply key learnings to other programmes within the bank portfolio Building relationships with first, second and third line of defence colleagues to actively drive engagement The skills you'll need You’ll need a high-level skillset and experience of programme management. We’re looking for someone with a background as a programme assurance practitioner or change programme peer reviewer.  We’ll also expect you to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to influence senior colleagues. Additionally, you’ll need: A broad understanding of business management and programme management practices, processes, tools and techniques The ability to engage with and challenge programme teams using data rather than opinion, influencing decisions at a senior level where appropriate A background of analysing, interpreting and distilling complex information and making decisions on what actions to take The ability to undertake assurance activity across several programmes concurrently Experience of bank-wide investment processes, with detailed knowledge of the tools and techniques used to manage delivery and benefits management Hours 35 Job Posting Closing Date: Job Posting Closing Date is not yet published. Ways of Working:Hybrid